Re: IBM CPL v1

2006-06-12 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I mean: may I be an anonymous Contributor? Being forced to disclose my own real identity is a significant restriction: it would render software under the CPL non-free (because it's a fee, see DFSG#1). This is in no way a fee. -- ciao, Marco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: IBM CPL v1

2006-06-12 Thread Ben Finney
Marco d'Itri [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I mean: may I be an anonymous Contributor? Being forced to disclose my own real identity is a significant restriction: it would render software under the CPL non-free (because it's a fee, see DFSG#1). This is in no way a

Re: IBM CPL v1

2006-06-12 Thread MJ Ray
Ben Finney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regardless, a requirement to disclose one's real identity does fail the Dissident test and is thus non-free. URL:http://people.debian.org/~bap/dfsg-faq.html#dissident #import Marco.rant/the-tests-have-no-basis-in-DFSG I suspect they do, but I've not found it

Re: IBM CPL v1

2006-06-12 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Regardless, a requirement to disclose one's real identity does fail the Dissident test and is thus non-free. This dissident test is not part of the DFSG, so it cannot make something non-free. -- ciao, Marco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: IBM CPL v1

2006-06-12 Thread Ben Finney
MJ Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ben Finney [EMAIL PROTECTED] I concur that it's not a fee[0]. [0] I do feel that an individual's private information is effectively a valuable property that can be traded at the individual's discretion in pieces for other things of value. How do you

Re: IBM CPL v1

2006-06-12 Thread Peter Van Eynde
Hello, In the spirit of Enrico's talk: where does the license ask for your _real_ identity? Alle Monday 12 June 2006 11:23, Ben Finney ha scritto: Marco d'Itri [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is in no way a fee. I concur that it's not a fee[0]. /me nods Regardless, a requirement to

Re: IBM CPL v1

2006-06-11 Thread Florian Weimer
* Francesco Poli: I mean: may I be an anonymous Contributor? Being forced to disclose my own real identity is a significant restriction: it would render software under the CPL non-free (because it's a fee, see DFSG#1). On the other hand, being able to identify all contributors is vital for

Re: IBM CPL v1

2006-06-11 Thread MJ Ray
Florian Weimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] On the other hand, being able to identify all contributors is vital for reviewing the copyright status of a program, should there be any doubt or copyright infringement claims. Programs with an unclear copyright situation cannot be considered free, IMHO. I

Re: IBM CPL v1

2006-06-10 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 20:40:09 +0200 Henning Makholm wrote: Scripsit Roger Leigh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is the IBM Common Public Licence version 1.0 (below) considered DFSG-free? We have software under this licence in main already, notably postfix and graphviz. The license has been discussed

Re: IBM CPL v1

2006-06-08 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Roger Leigh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is the IBM Common Public Licence version 1.0 (below) considered DFSG-free? We have software under this licence in main already, notably postfix and graphviz. The license has been discussed explicitly on debian-legal at least once [1] and no flaws big